TAL Board director appointments

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The Chair of Australia’s largest life insurer TAL, Rob Thomas yesterday announced the appointment of two new directors to the TAL Board. Experienced non-executive director and former insurance executive Duncan... Read more continue reading

Mr. Rollo Sherriff, ABC four corners and Fairfax Media

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Last night’s ABC Four Corners programme “Banking Bad” aired details regarding the activities of banned FPA member Mr Rollo Sherriff. Last night’s story was a follow-up a Fairfax Media’s weekend report (“Rollo... Read more continue reading

HUB24 announces solid march quarter

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HUB24 CEO Andrew Alcock yesterday announced the March quarter update for the company and the innovative platform provider recorded Net Inflows for the period of $108.7m, including a record Net... Read more continue reading

Building approvals consolidate; Petrol price to ease

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Dwelling approvals; TD Inflation Gauge; New Car Sales; Weekly petrol prices Dwelling approvals consolidate: Dwelling approvals fell by 3.5 per cent in March. Approvals are still up 20 per cent over... Read more continue reading

New award supports emerging professionals in honour of industry pioneer Gwen Fletcher AM

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has today announced the institution of the Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award, a prize that will be awarded to the highest achieving student in the CFP®... Read more continue reading

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 2 May, 2014

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 Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week was mixed for share markets. US, European and Japanese shares rose slightly on the back of mostly good... Read more continue reading

FSC supports rise in preservation age: Commission of Audit Report

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The Financial Services Council has today supported the Commission of Audit’s recommendation to reduce the gap between the preservation age and Age Pension to five years. John Brogden, CEO of... Read more continue reading

NAB Wealth to refund customers after Navigator platform error

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NAB Wealth will refund customers after it discovered during a review that some of its Navigator platform customers had incorrectly been compensated after an investment income error. NAB Wealth discovered... Read more continue reading

Perpetual Private appoints Kyle Lidbury as Head of Investment Research

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Perpetual Private announced yesterday the appointment of Kyle Lidbury as Head of Investment Research. In this role, Mr Lidbury will be responsible for managing Perpetual Private’s multi-manager product and the... Read more continue reading

ECP Asset Management expands team and national reach in response to increasing investor demand

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Boutique Australian equities manager, ECP Asset Management has announced that it has established its national office in Sydney.  The top quartile performer has also announced that Andrew Dale will join the investment team as a Portfolio Manager in the... Read more continue reading